About Me

If there's one thing I want you to take away from this site, it's that you don't have to become a monk to experience lasting inner peace.

My goal is to make this experience (also known as fundamental wellbeing, awakening, or persistent equanimity) a mainstream pursuit, as normal and everyday as nutrition and exercise.

Just like you don't have to be an athlete to get the benefits of eating right or working out, you don't have to be mystical, religious, or even spiritual in order to experience deep, stable peace that lasts.

What was supposed to take 6 months took 3 days.

In 2021, I burned out hard at work. Six weeks of disability leave, EMDR therapy, and a focus on positive psychology got me stable, but I wanted more. I remembered Jeffery Martin's research on persistent non-symbolic experience (PNSE) and thought, "Is it time now?"

Instead of following established programs, I cobbled together my own training approach. I was mentally prepared to spend an hour plus every day for 6 months trying to make the shift permanent. It took 3 days instead. Within a month, I'd progressed past the "locations" that Martin had publicly documented.

You don't have to choose between humanity and freedom.

I balance a demanding career in software engineering with deep consciousness work. I'm not working from a monastery – I'm leading engineering teams on billion-dollar projects at a Fortune 26 healthcare company. Turns out, you can do both.

Since making this shift, my life has objectively improved – financial stability, awesome relationships, zero depression, the whole package.

Even my relationship with discomfort has transformed. Migraines no longer feel miserable – there's mental fuzziness and dehydration but no suffering. The physical sensations remain, but the suffering doesn't.

I'm the same person, just fundamentally okay. No personality death required.

I haven't turned into some ethereal being who speaks in riddles. I'm still direct, occasionally irreverent, and willing to be playful (why yes, I did star in Hitler's Ghost, thank you for asking).

My approach to consciousness work is practical and stripped of unnecessary complexity. I'm interested in what works, not what sounds good or fits someone's preconceptions about "spiritual people."

Want to see how deep the rabbit hole goes without giving up who you are?

Check out my Projects to see my framework, research, and other work; or browse my Media appearances to hear me talk about this stuff in depth. Better yet, sign up for updates on my home page – I promise not to spam you with nonsense.